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thousands of attorneys representing two major presidential candidates civil rights groups are in place policied to challenge electoral results that may be called in question by machine failures, voter suppression or other allegation of illegal activity. that is a story also in "u.s.a. today" taking a look at what happened in 2000 in florida and saying that possibly another state could be like florida in battleaybe ohio or other ground states where you could have a recount and not know who the winner of the election is. also front page of the "wall street journal" medicare complicates the senior vote. senior citizens are a coveted bloc in florida where three make bum a quarter of the electr elee and they are important to romney given the deficit among young voters and minorities. he needs not only to win among seniors but win big. in 2008 john phmccain captured e group by 8% margin but lost to president barack obama. mr. romney is leading among the elderly by 6% to 12% a sign he may be weathering a charge by democrats that he and ryan with undermine medicare. that is the "wall street jo
thousands of attorneys representing two major presidential candidates civil rights groups are in place policied to challenge electoral results that may be called in question by machine failures, voter suppression or other allegation of illegal activity. that is a story also in "u.s.a. today" taking a look at what happened in 2000 in florida and saying that possibly another state could be like florida in battleaybe ohio or other ground states where you could have a recount and not know...
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harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear them. caller: you hear all this political from parties that are running for office. i think we should have a rule that when they are running for office that they will hold themselves true to what they believe that they are running for and if it is found out that they are lying, that they can be recalled and put out of office. this would blank any of the fall's campaign that could be kept to their ability. host: thanks for the call. what about that idea? guest: in california, it forced governor schwarzenegger into office because the republicans w
harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear...
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., the civil rights movement, online at the c-span library. what you want, when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david cole, from the georgia and university school of law. guest: thank you for having me. host: january 11, 2012, guantanamo bay was opened. why was the facility located in cuba? of what was the original goal? guest: there were two reasons to but the detainee is there. one, it is a safe and relatively easy to secure place. it is far away from anything, it is an island that we have control basically for forever. the second reason is less noble, which is that the bush administration felt that no law would apply, if we put people there. that they could argue that the detainees were not entitled to u.s. law or laws allow -- of yore. host: not just the cost per prisoner, it is about $19,000 for prisoner in the state of florida. at the colorado super max, with 171 prisoners in guantanamo bay. the cost is up to $800,000. >> that is per prisoner, whereas the typical cost is about $25,000 for year. it is
., the civil rights movement, online at the c-span library. what you want, when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david cole, from the georgia and university school of law. guest: thank you for having me. host: january 11, 2012, guantanamo bay was opened. why was the facility located in cuba? of what was the original goal? guest: there were two reasons to but the detainee is there. one, it is a safe and relatively easy to secure place. it is...
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civil-rights remedies from the '60s and the question is, is it still needed today? part of the voting rights act in 1965 outlawed racial discrimination in voting but it also put most of the south under a sort of federal scrutiny, which basically said if you are a small county in alabama or a city and you want to exchange your election laws or voting laws, you have to basically get it cleared ahead of time in washington and send some sort of form to the justice department to explain what you are going to do or you could go to a federal court. the theory was for 100 years, even though racial discrimination had been outlawed by the 15th amendment, a lot of cities and towns that control the voter rolls had various schemes that prevented blacks from registering to vote, so the federal government -- this is an unusual lot to say we are going to put the whole part of the country under special scrutiny of the federal courts -- that law still exists. the dissected by the voting rights act. it still is the case, if texas wants to change its congressional districts or have a n
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host: how to talk to young people, since you were alive during the civil rights struggle -- how do you talk to young people about getting out to vote? do you encourage family members? caller: all my family members vote. you cannot be in my famil andy -- in my family without voting. what i do with young people as i go back to the days of civil rights and even back before then and try to get young african-american men mostly to see how they can make a difference in this country by voting. most of them are afraid to go to the polls because they here that if they had a felony on the record, they will be arrested if they goes to vote. people are spreading this around. i have to tell them, no, you are not going to go to jail if you go to vote. host: let's take a look at the profile "usa today" creates. "only 1/3 call their household finance is good or excellent. close to half say their annual household income is less than $60,000 a year. nearly six in 10 have no more than a high-school diploma." here is something coming in to us by e-mail. next up is john in washington state, unlikely voters
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. >> i think they really need to look at civil rights laws and be able to intervene more aggressively with mental health professionals when people show a consistent pattern of mental illness. i think you can travel through any city in america and see massive amounts of people who are not capable of taking care of themselves. as a society, we are not humanitarian when we leave them to defend themselves. >host: this argument is not new. it is highlighted in the extensive report in "the washington post." the chair of the senate judiciary committee, joe biden, we will hear from him. the witness testifies and next to him is sarah brady whose husband was shot during the reagan assassination attempt back in 1981, jim brady. still law was named after him. let's take you back to that hearing -- [video clip] >> life is completely shattered. my daughter's life is completely shattered. i don't know how many of you have taken a trip to the coroner's office to look at the most important person in your life with five bullets in their body. let me tell you, when they lie there lifeless, is pretty pai
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the civil rights movement is in the balance. >> eric holder gave the keynote address at the inaugural faith leader summit on voting rights. watch his address online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: guest is allan coukell of pew health groups. welcome. this week, work in the house when it deals with the fda and how drugs are inspected and how the drug safety is maintained. give us a sense of what happened? guest: this is a big bill that congress takes up every five years. it is the bill in which the drug industry pays user fees to support review of new drugs and devices before they come to market. they have done some new things. one of them is looking at how our drugs get to us. now, a lot of them originated overseas. the fda has not recently been able to do overseas inspections, which has created a safety risk. the legislation contains new provisions to address the safety risks and look at manufacturing, the way it is today. host: what you mean by a lot of it coming overseas? guest: 80% of the active ingredient in our prescription drugs originate o
the civil rights movement is in the balance. >> eric holder gave the keynote address at the inaugural faith leader summit on voting rights. watch his address online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: guest is allan coukell of pew health groups. welcome. this week, work in the house when it deals with the fda and how drugs are inspected and how the drug safety is maintained. give us a sense of what happened? guest: this is a big bill that...
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would you consider repealing the affirmative action bill and the civil rights bill? from what i am seeing right now, it seems like there's a backlash against the white community like obama has a war against white heritage or something. i don't understand it. host: we should not discriminate. i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really do not see that discrimination. i am going to sign onto legislation repealing affirmative action. i think we have moved beyond that. but i will just offer up a production again. obama, romney, who will find ourselves with a heightened police state. we will find ourselves with continued military interventions. if we bomb iran, will find ourselves with 100 military enemies -- 100 million enemies that we did not otherwise have. and this unsustainable debt, the data center rather than later. -- the day sooner than later. and we all recognize it, but we are arguing over who should spend more money on medicare and when we should have the debate on an cutting into significantly into the program if we will h
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any nation that justifies a homosexuality as a civil right order acceptable lifestyle is in the final stages of moral corruption. and i believe if any nation that shuns the bible or moves away from the preset that was the building blocks of this nation, is ultimately going to corrupt. host: what you trust governor romney more than president obama? caller: for example, same-sex marriage. that was huge for me. originally i voted for obama the first term. that issue right there to try to change holy matrimony as the sanctity between a man and a woman, it directly violates and train crosses the law of god. and to me it is extremely dangerous. ultimately, we are playing got ourselves. host: same-sex marriage for you. others have brought up national security. here is the "washington post." by greg miller. united states set to keep kill lists for years. -- including sealed indictments and a clandestine operations. this is the database is designed to go beyond existing kill louis, mapping plans for the disposition of suspects beyond the reach of the drums. that is the front page story in the
any nation that justifies a homosexuality as a civil right order acceptable lifestyle is in the final stages of moral corruption. and i believe if any nation that shuns the bible or moves away from the preset that was the building blocks of this nation, is ultimately going to corrupt. host: what you trust governor romney more than president obama? caller: for example, same-sex marriage. that was huge for me. originally i voted for obama the first term. that issue right there to try to change...
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he served as a trial attorney at the department of justice civil- rights division. that was from 1997-2003. currently, he works for the legal committee. someone writes in on twitter and asks, what about poll watchers to verify the vote. what authority do they have and do all states allow them in poland places. -- in polling places? guest: some states allow for nonpartisan election observers. as i mentioned before, we are involved in a non-partisan election program. in some states, our people are able to be there to see what is going on. in others, they are not. in every state, you're out partisan poll watchers. one thing that differs between the two groups is what can these partisan poll watchers do? in many states, they can challenge of voters. that is something that we looked at very closely on election day. there are circumstances where it is legitimate to 44 to be challenged. for example, if the poll watcher -- for a voter to be challenged. the for example, if the poll watcher knows they have moved outside of their jurisdiction. one of our concerns is that a lot
he served as a trial attorney at the department of justice civil- rights division. that was from 1997-2003. currently, he works for the legal committee. someone writes in on twitter and asks, what about poll watchers to verify the vote. what authority do they have and do all states allow them in poland places. -- in polling places? guest: some states allow for nonpartisan election observers. as i mentioned before, we are involved in a non-partisan election program. in some states, our people...
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rights. we believe the party that faced communism in the sternest of ways will be dealt with. our generation may not have that as the ultimate litmus test. then they concentrate on domestic issues than older generations. i believe the younger generation is pretty conservative as well. they do not seem to be voting much differently than the elders did, although perhaps for different reasons and with different priorities. host: al cardenas, thank you so much for joining us this morning from miami. guest: my pleasure. good to be with you. host: up next we'll speak with janet murguia from la raza. >> 8:30. michele obama joins the labor secretary to announce a plan to help military families. the plant operates the family and medical leave act that lets her family members take up to 12 weeks of leave -- the plan updates. questions remain about u.s. test iraqi security ties in the canre and whether a riraq defend themselves. a top aide to leon panetta says the administration expects to begin talks o
rights. we believe the party that faced communism in the sternest of ways will be dealt with. our generation may not have that as the ultimate litmus test. then they concentrate on domestic issues than older generations. i believe the younger generation is pretty conservative as well. they do not seem to be voting much differently than the elders did, although perhaps for different reasons and with different priorities. host: al cardenas, thank you so much for joining us this morning from...
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why were civil rights established? what progress have we made after those movements? you can see that we have gone down the drain. we solve the problem at the moment, but for the future, there is no plan. we solve this issue, and that is it. for example, i am a minority in terms of race. i'm a minority in terms of being hispanic. i am a minority in terms of being an immigrant, even though i may u.s. citizen. with that data, you can determine where i'm from, but the important thing is let's look of the historic section 36 of the tax code. what did that due to the economy when it was eliminated in the 1980's and effective degree majority of our society? we are forgetting history. let's look at history and see what these people have to offer in order for us to determine who is the best candidate to really solve where we are going to, because it is not just the status quo. we have to make reforms in all general areas. i look at education from the 1970's, on the education has gone down the drain. jobs, going abroad. it does not matter who did it. the basic -- the basis of
why were civil rights established? what progress have we made after those movements? you can see that we have gone down the drain. we solve the problem at the moment, but for the future, there is no plan. we solve this issue, and that is it. for example, i am a minority in terms of race. i'm a minority in terms of being hispanic. i am a minority in terms of being an immigrant, even though i may u.s. citizen. with that data, you can determine where i'm from, but the important thing is let's look...
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host: if you could some of the big pieces of legislation, civil rights in the 1960's, ronald reagan and working with social security, bill clinton on welfare reform, why is it different today? guest: it is based on data. if you take republicans and say what is your ideology, at 80% identified as conservative. if you say to democrats, what is your ideology, only one-third are liberal. we have a diverse party. it is hard to the governing party because we are so diverse. i think the problem is mainly on the republican side where you have this unit for more the -- uniformity. we do not have that diversity. you have to break that. you have to change the dynamic on the republican side. guest: there is a generalization that republicans might. if you're married, you have a better chance of being in the middle class. if you go to church, there is a better chance. host: conversely, if you have a single-parent family. guest: you will have a difficult time. if you drove the value of a male worker down, you drove the value of that person's spouse down with it. there are some things i really like, th
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king in the civil rights movement. it did not disqualify abraham lincoln and the abolitionists during the era of abolitionism prior to the civil war. every major moral evil in our society has been alleviated because people of religious faith brought their religious convictions to bear and said this is wrong, and it should be changed. people say you cannot legislate morality. that is nonsense. laws against murder, theft, rape, racism, they are a legislation of morality, and when we legislate laws against those claims, we are not trying to impose our morality as much as we are trying to keep them from imposing their morality on their victims because murder, theft, rape, racism are not between consulting the adults in private. something is being done against someone's personal wealth. we believe we have the right to say you cannot do that. host: alberto. delaware. caller: i appreciate your view, but you never answered the question about the poor. the bible has many passages about helping the poor, but your organization ne
king in the civil rights movement. it did not disqualify abraham lincoln and the abolitionists during the era of abolitionism prior to the civil war. every major moral evil in our society has been alleviated because people of religious faith brought their religious convictions to bear and said this is wrong, and it should be changed. people say you cannot legislate morality. that is nonsense. laws against murder, theft, rape, racism, they are a legislation of morality, and when we legislate...
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rights movement. it does matter and it is significant that we have an african-american president. however, i would agree with a friend of mine who would say this is not a post ratio america and that does not exist. it does not, and probably never will, at least not in my lifetime. i would however say, get involved, and get engaged. do not not vote. go to a campaign rally. send questions to the white house let your voice be heard. that is our democracy functions. and do not get frustrated about the lack of where we are. try to focus on where we can still go and what you can do to be part of the solution and not a problem. host: looking at the the grio website, everything from politics to culture issues, music, entertainment, international affairs as well. where do you see media outlets like yours going? guest: i think the grio is an exception because we are partnered with nbc. i will write a story and get to go on air and talk about it. when you've got the writing on all of these've got i other african
rights movement. it does matter and it is significant that we have an african-american president. however, i would agree with a friend of mine who would say this is not a post ratio america and that does not exist. it does not, and probably never will, at least not in my lifetime. i would however say, get involved, and get engaged. do not not vote. go to a campaign rally. send questions to the white house let your voice be heard. that is our democracy functions. and do not get frustrated about...
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through new year's day, on c- span3. >> you think of washington before the civil war. you think slavery was well entrenched. black people were miserable. that is not true at all. in washington, washington had about 30,000 people as a city. 12,000 of them were black. the majority free, no slaves. >> what led to the first race riots? jefferson morley recounts what happened, part of what today's through new year's day on c- span2's book tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: damian paletta join us here at the table. thank you for joining us. this is the fourth time that congress has had a post- christmas lame duck session. what does that tell you about the magnitude of the issues? guest: it is not like an issue us.'s snuck up on expiring tax cuts, payroll tax cuts is going away. all these things have been out there for a long time. some of this was put off because of the election. they have to get some kind of deal to avert what can be a messy beginning of the new year. host: any deal is likely to be limited. guest: we have heard about the talks between president ob
through new year's day, on c- span3. >> you think of washington before the civil war. you think slavery was well entrenched. black people were miserable. that is not true at all. in washington, washington had about 30,000 people as a city. 12,000 of them were black. the majority free, no slaves. >> what led to the first race riots? jefferson morley recounts what happened, part of what today's through new year's day on c- span2's book tv. >> "washington journal"...
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there is an alien mindset that is different from most americans that allows these people to travel our civil-rights. basically using his fingers -- host: let's get a response. guest: 10 is looking into where they were building the data center, they belted in a little town in utah and the only other thing i found there was that it was home to the second-largest sect of polygamists in the country, bluffdale. i had six paragraphs looking at this combination of the secretive nsa people coming into town and they are listening to the encrypted messages and then you have the polygamists that were listening to messages from the heavens. they are both fairly secretive groups because polygamy is illegal in the united states. you have the eavesdroppers sharing the town with this second-largest sect of polygamists in the country. the town had to stay in its boundary to incorporate the entire facility, the million- square foot nsa facility. it is an interesting note that here roups tehre cohabiting in the same town. caller: the two-party system -- i recommend the best book you wrote is one of the greatest books
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commission on civil rights. he's critical of president obama's comments last week taking to task the supreme court regarding the oral arguments on the health care law. we have a question from don that relates to the earlier caller talking about the heritage foundation. how much money has heritage paid clarence thomas' wife to oppose health care reform? does heritage think this may influence clarence thomas? guest: jenny thomas does not work for the heritage foundation. we have our own in-house health care analyst and lawyers who do the analysis and we don't have her as an employee. host: she was with heritage. guest: she was at one point but left quite a while ago. host: what do you think about the relationship between the outside world and the justices? i mean, you know, the justices are in there for life. they're not beholden to the social pressures trying to garner votes and garner support. but how much of a bubble do they live? how much do they listen to the public discourse and how much does that influence
commission on civil rights. he's critical of president obama's comments last week taking to task the supreme court regarding the oral arguments on the health care law. we have a question from don that relates to the earlier caller talking about the heritage foundation. how much money has heritage paid clarence thomas' wife to oppose health care reform? does heritage think this may influence clarence thomas? guest: jenny thomas does not work for the heritage foundation. we have our own in-house...
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a civil marriage license, if you will. but i think the caller got it right. we're looking to be able to love and commit to the person that we want to share our life with. and it's really nothing more than that establishment of the common human bond that my parents shared for over 40 years that americans from all walks of life, from all religious backgrounds from all partisan lies share. and i think that we've seen americans really kind of continue to be on that journey, support the same sex marriage is now at 50% or above and i think we'll continue to see increases in those numbers. as time goes by. because i think most americans really have gotten to the place where this caller is. which is understanding that we are really not looking for anything that is rare or separate here. we're looking to share an institution and be able to love and commit to our significant other . host: last call from georgia. republican line. judy. caller: our creator gave us certain biblical understandings of what marriage is. i do not believe that we are to judge others. i do not
a civil marriage license, if you will. but i think the caller got it right. we're looking to be able to love and commit to the person that we want to share our life with. and it's really nothing more than that establishment of the common human bond that my parents shared for over 40 years that americans from all walks of life, from all religious backgrounds from all partisan lies share. and i think that we've seen americans really kind of continue to be on that journey, support the same sex...
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we are supportive of lgbt civil rights, but realize that the top issues today are jobs and education. that is what people are concerned about. that is the main priority of the democratic party. i think that most people at home would agree with that. host: in light of the president coming up in support of gay marriage this year, how big of a boost has that been? guest: in the beginning, i said this, lgbt people were always behind the president. people are ecstatic about supporting him. they really want to get out there and help him get reelected. i think that that will be a huge boost to his fund-raising. when people of this excited and really want to help, it helps in every way around, from the grass roots to the grass tops. host: what would a mitt romney presidency mean to the lgbt voters? guest: as -- it would mean the same thing as it does to a lot of americans. tax cuts would go to the wealthiest 1% of americans. the middle class would be asked to pay for those tax cuts. you would also seek cuts to education. i believe that paul ryan has indicated that he would eliminate more than
we are supportive of lgbt civil rights, but realize that the top issues today are jobs and education. that is what people are concerned about. that is the main priority of the democratic party. i think that most people at home would agree with that. host: in light of the president coming up in support of gay marriage this year, how big of a boost has that been? guest: in the beginning, i said this, lgbt people were always behind the president. people are ecstatic about supporting him. they...
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in the 2012 report, belarus is not free in the categories of civil liberties and political rights and belarus ranked 193 out of 19 7 on the press freedom index. the rorners without borders press freedom index ranks belarus 168 out of 179 nations. laws passed stifling freedom of assembly, independent journalist and political activists are under constant threat. belarus held parliamentary elections on september 23, 2012, unsurprisingly the elections failed to meet international standards and were widely condemned as not free or fair. while some democratic opposition parties boycotted the elections, the candidates who did attempt to run were denied registration authority and given unfair access to media authorities. no opposition figures were elected to the 110-seat legislature. 74.3% turnout, though they say it was closer to 30% of eligible voters. it is in the worst financial crisis which has put the government under increasing pressure. they made some controversial economic decisions that has been met with criticism. that includes signing a presidential decree by making it illegal for
in the 2012 report, belarus is not free in the categories of civil liberties and political rights and belarus ranked 193 out of 19 7 on the press freedom index. the rorners without borders press freedom index ranks belarus 168 out of 179 nations. laws passed stifling freedom of assembly, independent journalist and political activists are under constant threat. belarus held parliamentary elections on september 23, 2012, unsurprisingly the elections failed to meet international standards and were...
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the same talk cause of the civil war. seems like a double standard when it comes to being a patriotic american. guest: ray has a point that there is some tension between proclaiming a huge patriotism for america as a country and then saying it, but we want to secede. the pledge of allegiance says, one nation under god, indivisible, so that the country is indivisible. and that is the hope for the country as a union. host: we have a special line for those to sign a petition of some sort. the number is 202-585-3883. 202-585-3883. our next call comes from mike in florida. he is one of those petitioners. welcome to the program. mike? caller: yes. i agree with paul. at think it is a great idea. we ought to just cut washington. host: what made you want to sign a petition it? do you think that can happen? caller: i think it can and i think it would be a good thing if it did. then we wouldn't be tied up in the red tape nonsense. host: would you see a florida as becoming its own country or maybe grouping up with other states that a
the same talk cause of the civil war. seems like a double standard when it comes to being a patriotic american. guest: ray has a point that there is some tension between proclaiming a huge patriotism for america as a country and then saying it, but we want to secede. the pledge of allegiance says, one nation under god, indivisible, so that the country is indivisible. and that is the hope for the country as a union. host: we have a special line for those to sign a petition of some sort. the...
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that is like the key question of politics right now. how do you use whatever influence you have, and we don't have the type of influence we have with the dictators to help them. there's some appearance we have with eastern europe when the soviet union fell. but that is something a whole generation of diplomats will be thinking about and going to school on is how do we help these countries? because if these revolutions get hijacked by islamic extremists or other anti-western forces, it will make usless safe in this world. host: we want to also mention in the latest edition of the "national journal," you have a cover story "the enemy within" many thousands of service members are raped without punishment. how can the pentagon protect them? guest: it's kind of a dark underbelly of the u.s. military. for far too long there's been this persistent problem of sexual abuse. it's not only men assaulting women. it's men assaulting men. but 20,000 is way too high. i study a lot of these cases and looked at what the pentagon was trying to do about i
that is like the key question of politics right now. how do you use whatever influence you have, and we don't have the type of influence we have with the dictators to help them. there's some appearance we have with eastern europe when the soviet union fell. but that is something a whole generation of diplomats will be thinking about and going to school on is how do we help these countries? because if these revolutions get hijacked by islamic extremists or other anti-western forces, it will make...
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we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this weekend on american history tv, was the turning point of the american civil war gettysburg or a seven-day battle for richmond? >> in the broader conflict -- mcclellan's failure and arte leave's emergence as a successful field commander marks the decisive moment in the eastern theater that in turn per family shaped the larger direction of the conflict. >> university of virginia professor gary gallagher on the june 1860 battles that drove the union army away from the confederate capital. sunday, more from "the contenders," and look at candidates who ran and lost but changed history. >> i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. >> this week, arizona senator barry goldwater, the 1964 republican candidate who lost to lbj. american history tv this weekend on c-spane. >> at the foot of the bridge i was beaten. i thought i was going to die. i t
we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this weekend on american history tv, was the turning point of the american civil war gettysburg or a seven-day battle for richmond? >> in the broader conflict -- mcclellan's failure and arte leave's emergence as a successful field commander marks the decisive moment in the eastern theater that in turn per family shaped the larger direction of the...
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and other groups that have worked the privacy issue and are defenders of american's right to privacy have objected to this bill. the main view that many have is that this is just an upgraded version of the sopa bill, the stock, and piracy acts. that was a completely -- stop online piracy acts. that was a completely different issue. they were trying to work the internet protected issue for intellectual property. this does that, but it adds intelligence sharing that has never been part of any legislation of this type since 1947. that is really what we are looking at. host: we are talking with cedric leighton. he is a former deputy director of the war fighter support and integration. we will take some callers. the first up is ben for massachusetts. caller: good morning. i'm wondering if the colonel can answer whether he thinks that there is a sovereign domain for the internet and its surveillance comes into this to really less than the u.s.'s ability to survey anyone on the internet -- a lot of them have been coming from foreign sources. if he believes the u.s. has a greater sovereignty
and other groups that have worked the privacy issue and are defenders of american's right to privacy have objected to this bill. the main view that many have is that this is just an upgraded version of the sopa bill, the stock, and piracy acts. that was a completely -- stop online piracy acts. that was a completely different issue. they were trying to work the internet protected issue for intellectual property. this does that, but it adds intelligence sharing that has never been part of any...
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they are taking our civil liberties. jon huntsman said he was for the national defense authorization act, which is totally taking our civil liberties away. host: let's get a response from james pindell, who has been watching this unfold in new hampshire. guest: ron paul did have the second most support among republicans. the growth for ron paul will have to be among independents. that is where we have seen that interplay. in terms of the other republican candidates, i believe they have all released plans the telling that. a lot of them are looking at entitlements. rick santorum is looking at entitlements. none of them have increased paul ryan's plan to do that. mitt romney has talked about defense with his 59-point plan. i do not think any of them have come close to ron paul's plan to cut $1 trillion from the federal deficit in the first year. host: wmur tv conducted a poll, and there was some change in the numbers in the couple of days of time. ron paul fell by about 3%. there were some folks who gained ground. rick san
they are taking our civil liberties. jon huntsman said he was for the national defense authorization act, which is totally taking our civil liberties away. host: let's get a response from james pindell, who has been watching this unfold in new hampshire. guest: ron paul did have the second most support among republicans. the growth for ron paul will have to be among independents. that is where we have seen that interplay. in terms of the other republican candidates, i believe they have all...